Cosmo

12:39 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Columbus Blue Jackets have struggled on the power play over the last two seasons, and finally, they’re doing something to address it. Columbus announced Monday it was hiring Hall of Famer Martin St. Louis as a special teams consultant. The team is still developing St. Louis’ exact role. “I

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 6:19 PM EST Jan 20, 2019 Grand Rapids – Filip Zadina’s education as a professional hockey player continues. Most often, those lessons come on the ice. Occasionally, though, they occur off the ice, such as after Friday’s game in Rockford, Illinois. The Grand Rapids Griffins played there, won, then

It wasn’t long ago the Chicago Blackhawks were considered a dynasty. In 2015, the Blackhawks became the first team since the Detroit Red Wings (1997, 1998 and 2002) to win the Cup three times in six seasons, and they did it with three different Conn Smythe winners, a truly amazing feat in the salary cap

The slick wrist shot that Jack Eichel buried in the Calgary Flames’ net on Wednesday was more than just a game-winning goal. Not only did the overtime tally bust a three-game losing skid for Eichel’s Buffalo Sabres, it also ended a five-game scoring drought for the 22-year-old centre. “It was huge,” he said this week

Natalie Spooner dreams of a day when women’s professional hockey players won’t have to rush home from work to make it to practice. Hilary Knight hopes the narrative of the sport’s gender inequality eventually fades so she’s only asked questions about wins and loses, successes and failures. Spooner and Knight were among the 34 players

TORONTO — Carl Soderberg scored his second goal of the night with 8:15 left in the third period before adding a third into an empty net to complete his first career hat trick as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday night. Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Matt Calvert, into an empty net, had the other

45 games into the Colorado Avalanche’s season, their woes continue and the speculation mounts on why the team is struggling. It’s worth the time to step back from the ledge and analyze what’s really happened at the midway point. Yes, the team has gone 1-7-2 in their last 10 games. Since Dec. 1, the Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche made some key shifts which helped them beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in their own arena. For a struggling Avalanche team, those changes could signal better days ahead for the Colorado faithful. The Avalanche struggled through December, grappling to eke out points against other frustrated teams. They returned from Christmas break and

DENVER — Mikko Rantanen scored two of Colorado’s franchise record-tying six second-period goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots and the Avalanche routed the Los Angeles Kings 7-1 on Saturday. Colorado had six goals in a period for the first time since March 3, 1999, at Florida. Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Barrie, Sheldon Dries and Colin Wilson

It‘s easy to second-guess the Montreal Canadiens whenever head coach Claude Julien plays Antti Niemi over Carey Price, like he did against the Philadelphia Flyers. It shouldn’t be about winning individual games at this point, though. It’s more about the long game. Niemi Loses to Flyers Obviously, considering the theoretical goal for the Canadiens is

The Boston Bruins fell to the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday. The star of the night was Mika Zibanejad who potted a go-ahead goal in the second and the eventual game-winning goal in the third period. However, the biggest play of the game came on a tally by Filip Chytil – and it wasn’t

In today’s rumor rundown, the Ottawa Senators are pitching hard for Mark Stone and Matt Duchene to stay, the Sharks are starting their negotiations with Erik Karlsson and the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are looking at what’s out there for them on the trade market. Senators Make Duchene an Offer It appears the

We are almost to decision February. The Columbus Blue Jackets finished off game 48 Saturday night in Minnesota hoping to ride the momentum of a win going into their long 10-day break. Instead, their offense went colder than a Minnesota winter and they left important points on the table. Instead of possibly leading the Metro,

4:50 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN CHICAGO – Washington Capitals winger Devante Smith-Pelly returned to Chicago on Sunday for the first time since he was the subject of racial taunts by fans during a game. Smith-Pelly downplayed the return, saying “it was just a couple people” who behaved inappropriately and he doesn’t “hold it against the

The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Luke Schenn and a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Michael Del Zotto. Schenn will report directly to the Canucks’ AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. Schenn, 29, made his AHL debut on Nov. 21 and has totaled two goals and

8:50 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Vincent Trocheck returned to the Florida Panthers‘ lineup Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs after missing nearly two months. The 25-year-old center missed 27 games since breaking his right ankle in a game against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 19. He practiced with the Panthers for

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that tonight’s game between the Syracuse Crunch and the Binghamton Devils (AHL #617), scheduled to be played at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y., has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 26, at 7:05